Bored_Zombie Posted August 4, 2024 Report Posted August 4, 2024 Hello. Need a bit of help. Is this a real WW2 Type 95? The sword is not mine. i have a few selected pictures. Someone pay $550 for the sword. I'm worried. Thank you for the help. Quote
The Blacksmith Posted August 4, 2024 Report Posted August 4, 2024 A very bad Chinese copy I am afraid. It is a pity that someone didn't do some homework before buying a sword. There are numerous articals on this forum about these swords and what to look for. 6 1 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted August 4, 2024 Report Posted August 4, 2024 Eeeeeeek! It hurts my eyes! I hope they can get their money back. 1 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted August 6, 2024 Report Posted August 6, 2024 On 8/6/2024 at 2:02 PM, Bored_Zombie said: I hope. Expand Don't know if your friend will need some points to bring to the seller, but just a few: The stamps are wrong. It has the logo of 2 different sword shops - Suya shoten and "Gifu". NCO swords were made by a single shop, not 2 The stamps would indicate the sword was made for the Tokyo 1st Army Arsenal, but the serial number is upside down if that were true. Only blades made for the Nagoya Arsenal were stamped to be read with the cutting edge up. The bohi, or fuller groove starts too far down the blade. None of the shops, nor arsenals, made blades with a bohi like that. It should be very close to the habaki (brass collar). Edit: "tsuba" (thanks Russ!) Those are some blatantly obvious errors. There are more subtle errors that are harder to describe, but the 3 above are conclusive that this was a fake. 2 Quote
The Blacksmith Posted August 6, 2024 Report Posted August 6, 2024 On 8/6/2024 at 4:58 PM, Bruce Pennington said: The bohi, or fuller groove starts too far down the blade. None of the shops, nor arsenals, made blades with a bohi like that. It should be very close to the habaki (brass collar). It should be near the habaki........If there was one! Expand 1 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted August 6, 2024 Report Posted August 6, 2024 On 8/6/2024 at 5:04 PM, The Blacksmith said: It should be near the habaki........If there was one! Expand OOOPS! Thanks Russ!!! Trying to type and watch TV at the same time. Should know better. Yes, the bohi should be quite close to the TSUBA. Ha. 1 Quote
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